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Born in
New York, Wallerstein attended Columbia University in New York, where he
received a B.A. in 1951, an M.A. in 1954 and a Ph.D. degree in 1959, and
subsequently worked as a lecturer until 1971, when he became professor
of sociology at McGill University. As of 1976, he served as professor of
sociology at Binghamton University (SUNY) until his retirement in 1999,
and as head of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies,
Historical Systems and Civilization. Wallerstein held several positions
as visiting professor at universities worldwide, was awarded multiple
honorary titles, intermittently served as Directeur d'études associé at
the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and was
president of the International Sociological Association between 1994 and
1998. |